In 2013, 11'600 asylum seekers, most of them Syrians, arrived in Bulgaria, one of the poorest countries of the European Union. The director’s friends and family gave her funds so she brought them food and useful items during a trip to Sofia. This is how she briefly met Berivan and improvised the film in less than an hour. Take a few minutes to meet Berivan and please share her story with all your friends and raise your voice against xenophobia and in favour of a European society in solidarity. This is an initiative of European film festivals fighting against xenophobia in Europe. European film festivals thank Eileen for providing her film to spread the word against xenophobia. Animateka Ljubljana Berlinale Shorts Cineuropa Curtas Vila do Conde DokuFest Prizren EMAF Osnabrück Festival du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand “Festival International du film sur les Droits Humaines” Filmfest Hamburg Filmstelle Zürich Glasgow SFF Go Short ISFF Nijmegen IndieCork FF IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival Internationaal Kortfilmfestival Leuven Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur Internationales KurzFilmFestival Hamburg K3 FF Kino Xenix Kortfilmfestivalen Grimstad Kratkofil IFF London SFF Milano FF Schweizer Jugendfilmtage Short Waves Solothurner Filmtage Tampere FF Uppsala SFF VIS Vienna Independent Shorts Zubroffka SFF

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